Simple rotation and translation question

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I LOVE that Carrara is openly extensible and the samples and cookbook are helpful.
However, I really would like a sample code of how to
1. change an object's x,y,z translation
2. rotate the object
3. set a keyframe

I have achieved setting a keyframe. But every time I try to rotate an object the scale changes also.

I use the I3dShTreeElement:

TMCCountedPtr object;

I set the time using:

MicroTick inTime=180000;
scene->SetTime(inTime,true,false,false,false);

Thanks to Carrara's auto keyframing, any changes set will create a keyframe at the above time.
But I can't transform an object accurately. So can someone give me an example that is the best practice
that is equivalent to the following:

object.xPosition+=10;
object.yPosition+=10;
object.zPosition+=10;

object.xRotation=45 degrees;
object.yRotation=45 degrees;
object.zRotation=45 degrees;

I appreciate any help greatly.

briandaz_3e696c2bd8

  TTreeTransform tr=tree->GetLocalTreeTransform();
  TVector3 &Offset=tr.GetOffset();
  Offset= TVector3(Offset.X(), Offset.Y(), newZ); // <<< change X Y Z here. You have old Offset to make relative move.
  tr.SetOffset(Offset);

  // rotation is more complicated, and there are several ways to do it.
  // here is one way, which makes the object point it's Z axis towards 
  // a vector (calculated elsewhere) without changing the yaw.
   TVector3 R1;     // unit vector that points where the object's X axis is: (1,0,0) = no rotation
   TVector3 R2;     // unit vector that points where the object's Y axis is: (0,1,0) = no rotation
   TVector3 R3;     // unit vector that points where the object's Z axis is: (0,0,1) = no rotation
   tr.GetRotation().GetColumns(R1,R2,R3);

   R3=normal;
   R1=R2 ^ R3;
   R1.Normalize(R1);
   R2=R3 ^ R1;
   R2.Normalize(R2);

   TMatrix33 RM=TMatrix33();
   RM.SetColumns(R1,R2,R3);
   tr.SetRotation(RM);
  // for other ways to do rotation, Google "matrix transformation rotation"

   // when you're done, apply the transform to the object:
  tree->SetLocalTreeTransform(tr, kApplyConstraint, false, false, kXTreeBehaviorDefault, false, true);

If you don't want to handle matrixes, then look at SetPhyThetaPsy() or Euler angles. But Matrixes are more flexible, and are easier to do things like point at another object.